June 2017 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

I'm back to share the card I made for this month's Papertrey Ink blog hop.  Here's a link to the inspiration photo.  I love that blue ombre vase with the peach flowers--so pretty!  Here's my take on the card:

Since the "sponged ink on the back of vellum" technique worked so well on the card I posted yesterday, I thought I'd try it again on this card.  I die cut the Mega Gracious Vases from vellum and sponged two shades of pink on the back of one vase and two shades of blue on the back of the other to mimic the gradient ombre look of the vases in the inspiration photo.  I discovered that despite the multitude of floral stamp sets I have in my collection, very few of the flowers work well with the narrow openings of the vases in Mega Gracious Vases.  I finally settled on one flower in the Life set that seemed to fit appropriately.  I added a simple sentiment from the Choose Joy set to finish off the panel.  Since I have enough paper to last several life times, I'm on a mission to make a dent in my patterned paper hoard stash so I cut a piece to mat behind my journal card die cut.

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Stay Cool

I'm back!  Can't believe the last time I posted was for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  I've definitely been crafting, just haven't taken the time to post.

For this season's blog hop, I opted to create a cold brew card.  The warm temps here in the Pacific Northwest definitely make me want iced coffee when I stop at Starbucks!

I rewarded myself after work last night and spent some time in the craft room putting together this card.  The water color panel was my inspiration for the colors I chose and figured the best drink to pair with the cool tones was an iced matcha tea latte.  I used the MFT cool cup die and cut the cup and lid out of vellum and sponged Papertrey Ink New Leaf ink onto the back of the vellum cup.  Cool effect!  I was especially proud of myself for using up some of the enamel dots and some patterned paper in my stash.  I have enough of both to last a lifetime, so might as well use 'em and not hoard 'em!

I have yard work calling my name, so I'd best take care of that before it gets too hot today and then I can come back and check out all of the great projects posted for the hop!

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Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Peeps Offering

Happy Spring!  I'm back to share a card I made for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  I took inspiration from Starbucks' pastel coffee cups for spring and die cut the My Favorite Things Coffee Cup from yellow and white card stock.  I added a die cut circle to the cup, which I stamped with a peep image from Simon Says Stamp's My Kind of Peep stamp set and then covered in Glam Pink Stickles.  The pink gingham paper is from Doodlebug, the die cut banner from Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp My Kind of Peep set.

  
Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'm enjoying viewing all of the entries for the hop!

March PTI Blog Hop

I'm back to share the card I made for this month's PTI blog hop.  The inspiration photos were lovely, but man, I struggled with coming up with something!  Even with my best buddy Kristie here for the weekend, we both were off to a slow start today!  Finally the creative juices started flowing and I was able to come up with this:

This card uses the Bloomers stamp set and dies, Turning a New Leaf stamp set and Big Basics:  Thanks die.

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PTI Anniversary Celebration: Bird House Mail Box

I'm back to share the bird house I made for today's PTI Anniversary celebration challenge.  I'm normally not one to tackle these 3D type of projects, but I had a good time with this one.  I used a piece of bird patterned paper as my color inspiration and everything just sort of fell into place from there and I ended up with a bird house mail box!  The bird image is from Impress Cards and Crafts, the branch and flower die cuts as well as the bird house template are from PTI.

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PTI Anniversary Celebration Continued: Favorite Florals

I'm back with another card for the PTI 10th Anniversary celebration.  This time the challenge was to create a card using a favorite floral set.  I have spring on the brain now that I got skiing out of my system last week in Colorado.  Spring to me means tulips, so I decided to pull out the Bitty Bouquets set.  This card also uses the Fillable Frames Sentiments set, Chicken Scratch paper collection and Keep It Simple Frame die set.

Bring on spring!  Thanks for stopping by!

PTI Anniversary Celebration: Multiples

I just got home from a week's vacation in Colorado.  We go every year and spend a week skiing at Keystone resort.  The first thing I did when I got home yesterday (after unpacking and doing laundry) was head into my craft room.  I was experiencing withdrawals not having access to my toys for a week!

I got to work and created several cards, one being this one for the PTI 10th Anniversary celebration.  The challenge was to use multiples of a shape on a card.  I pulled out my Limitless Square dies and the Heart 2 Heart #1 stamp set and got to work to create this simple card.

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